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A strange game.
The only way to win is not to play.
Created on 2002-01-10 14:14:17 (#435203), last updated 2009-06-24
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| Name: | mopalia |
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| Location: | Mountain View, California, United States |
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mopalia@livejournal.com"Find a crew. Find a job. Keep flying."
Former careers: Science/math/computer teacher, construction superintendent, early music researcher and DJ, cylinder phonograph repairer. Former gardener of fruits, vegetables and native plants. Fan of Volvos with manual transmissions. Currently full-time (sorta) student at SFSU, going for a masters in Museum Science. Working on a team restoring the IBM 1401 and its peripherals, formerly worked on the Babbage Difference Engine #2 Maintenance team. Heading to Dearborn for the summer to research the vintage television collection at the Henry Ford. Obsolete technology, the older the better, is our specialty.
"Second star to the right, and straight on till morning."
"Live the questions."
Rilke
Former careers: Science/math/computer teacher, construction superintendent, early music researcher and DJ, cylinder phonograph repairer. Former gardener of fruits, vegetables and native plants. Fan of Volvos with manual transmissions. Currently full-time (sorta) student at SFSU, going for a masters in Museum Science. Working on a team restoring the IBM 1401 and its peripherals, formerly worked on the Babbage Difference Engine #2 Maintenance team. Heading to Dearborn for the summer to research the vintage television collection at the Henry Ford. Obsolete technology, the older the better, is our specialty.
"Second star to the right, and straight on till morning."
"Live the questions."
Rilke
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